THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, AND Commercial Review. CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT. VOLUME IV. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET, (REAR BUILDING.) MDCCCXLI. INDEX. ORIGINAL PAPERS. East India and the Opium Trade, by Francis Wharton, Esq.......... Page 22 Turkey, Egypt, and Mehemet Ali, by E. W. Stoughton, Esq.. 35 62 72 American Steam Navigation, by James H. Lanman, Esq..... 105 Commerce and Commercial Character, by Philip Hone, Esq........ 129 Governmental History of the United States, from the earliest settlement, to the adoption of the constitution, by Henry Sherman, Esq..... 146 Origin and Nature of Fire Insurance, by George W. Savage, Esq........... 159 Annual Report of the Mercantile Library Association......... 165 201 Free Trade, by S. G. Arnold, Esq...... 227 . Origin and Nature of Fire Insurance, (con. from p. 159,) by Geo. W. Savage, Esq., 238 Banks, Banking, and Paper Currencies...... 245 The English East India Company, by Francis Brinley, Esq.. 297 The Currency, by George Wood, Esq...... 317 Weights and Measures-Comparison of the Weights and Measures of the United 333 Commerce and Resources of New Hampshire, by Jacob B. Moore, Esq.. 346 393 The Social Influence of Trade, and the Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile 415 Remarks on Free Trade, by Horace Greely, Esq. 425 Coins, Weights, and Measures-Proposed change in Weights, Measures, and Moneys in Great Britain and the United States, by D. J. Browne, Esq... 434 · Liability of Insurers to pay Contributions, by Zebedee Cook, Jr., Esq. 440 Profits of Marine Insurance, by Joseph Balch, Esq.... 444 Merchants of the Time of Queen Elizabeth, by T. W. Tucker, Esq....... 490 506 528 Duties on Imports considered, by Professor George W. Tucker, L.L.D., of the Uni- Plan of a National Bank, by W. S. Wetmore... LAWS RELATIVE TO DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. NEW YORK-Process-Provisions-Property Exempt from Execution-Jail Limits |